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Fallas 2010: Applying the Final Touches

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  • Post published:March 10, 2010
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The city is slowly transforming and getting into Fallas mode – most of the main Fallas figures are already starting to get set up and in the tallers, artists are…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 9th

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https://vimeo.com/10047785 Today's mascletà took place under the bright, and much-needed sunlight. While the rest of Spain suffers catastrophic snow and rain, Valencians were lucky to enjoy their fiesta in the…

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Fallas 2010: The Lights of Ruzafa

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  • Post published:March 9, 2010
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This year, the competition for the Best Lights Display award has heated up! Two other commissions, Cuba-Literato Azorín and Cuba-Puerto Rico are challenging the perennial victors Sueca-Literato Azorín. "Enough of…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 8th

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https://vimeo.com/10014614 Today, the world is celebrating the Day of the Woman, and this afternoon's mascletà kept with the theme -- pyrotechnic company Martí (Burriana) is led by a woman. And...…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà Napolitana

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  • Post published:March 8, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/10008160 Along with thousands of other gluttons for punishment, Jürgen and I returned to the beach on Sunday afternoon for the rescheduled Mascletà Napolitana. This time, we were in luck…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 7th

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https://vimeo.com/9981735 There was a big crowd on-hand for today's mascletà, carried out by Pirotecnia Gori of Mislata.  Colorful, loud, and with a rousing finale, it was everything that a mascletà…

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Fallas 2010: Cant de L’Estoreta

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What little troopers! The kids marching in this morning's Cant d'Estorta had to brave the nasty weather which has put a real damper on Fallas.  From the warmth of a…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 6th

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https://vimeo.com/9962564 Brrr... the bad weather resulted in the cancellation of today's Mascletà Napolitana (postponed until tomorrow, 6pm) at the beach, but the daily 2pm mascletà went ahead according to plan.…

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Granada – Hammam, Arabic Baths

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  • Post published:March 5, 2010
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By the end of our trip to Granada, we were physically and mentally exhausted. In just a few days, we had seen so much, and had been running around the…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 4th

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https://vimeo.com/9915126 Mascletàs are back on the menú. After yesterday's was cancelled due to inclement weather, we had to wait 48 HOURS for the next blast. Aching from the nervous tics…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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